Service and Smarts Lead to Success: Stephanie Jones ’18 ECE

Who: Stephanie Jones, a 2018 graduate with a double major in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a minor in Computer Science

Extracurricular activities:

Villanova University’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

Tutor for College of Engineering and University’s Center for Access, Success, and Achievement

Villanova’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service program

Experiences:

Internships with Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins

National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University

Idaho National Laboratory, where she worked on securing the nation’s critical infrastructure within the energy sector as a part of a GEM Fellowship.

Honors:

BEYA (“Becoming Everything You Are”) 2017 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Leadership

Nominated for New Faces of Engineering College Edition

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

GEM PhD Full Fellowship

What's Next: Jones is pursuing her PhD studies in Computer Science and Learning Science at Northwestern University. She says, “I plan to utilize computer science to increase access to STEM higher education for underrepresented students. At the end of my PhD program, I hope to become a professor and lead a lab dedicated to creating and modifying technologies to ensure access for all.”

About College of Engineering

Villanova University College of Engineering is committed to an educational program that emphasizes technical excellence and a liberal arts education within the framework of the University's Augustinian and Catholic traditions. As a community of scholars, we seek to educate students to pursue both knowledge and wisdom, and to aspire to ethical and moral leadership within their chosen careers, their community, and the world.